Hey, “Back To The Future” Fans! Wanna See Something Cool?

Frank Marshall, producer of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist, and Back to the Future, caused a bit of a stir earlier this evening when he tweeted:

“Something big is coming soon. Can’t say anything yet. No one should know too much about their own destiny #BTTF”

This is of course a reference to Back to the Future, and nerds like myself went crazy with speculation. The trilogy hit BluRay last fall, so what could this mean? A theatrical re-release? A sequel? A remake?

Thankfully, the answer is a heck of a lot cooler. Devin Faraci over at BadassDigest got a tip from some sneaker bloggers* out there who confirmed that they were invited to a super secret Nike presentation tomorrow. And the invite came in the form of a certain famous visor:

Why would a sneaker presentation use Back to the Future iconography? Well, maybe it has something to do with this video that just made it to YouTube:

About John Shannon

John Shannon studied Creative Writing at the University of Maine where he also served as a film critic for the Maine Campus Newspaper. He currently resides in the greater Portland area of Southern
Maine where he works by day and watches film by night. He can be
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